Hurst vs Johnston City

A side-by-side comparison of Hurst and Johnston City: population, income, housing, and more.

Hurst and Johnston City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnston City has the higher population (3,351 vs 685 in Hurst). Johnston City has the higher median household income ($46,629 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Johnston City has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $73,000 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Hurst	Johnston City
Population	685	3,351
Median age	54.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,113	$46,629
Median home value	$73,000	$84,500
Median gross rent	$376	$830
Housing units	393	1,707
Homeownership rate	52.9%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurst	Johnston City
Population	744 → 685 (-7.9%)	3,450 → 3,351 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)	$38,696 → $46,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)	$65,800 → $84,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)	$532 → $830 (+56.0%)

Hurst

Population

744685

Median household income

$38,438$34,113

Median home value

$57,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$327$376

Johnston City

Population

3,4503,351

Median household income

$38,696$46,629

Median home value

$65,800$84,500

Median gross rent

$532$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurst	Johnston City
Under 5	2.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	3.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	20.0%	7.8%
75 and over	15.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurst	Johnston City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurst	Johnston City
No high school diploma	16.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.9%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurst	Johnston City
Drove alone	75.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.8%	2.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurst	Johnston City
1-unit, detached	66.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Hurst	Johnston City
Poverty rate	24.4%	14.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1968	1953